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Despite the storm's severity, it was neither the costliest nor the strongest to affect the northeastern United States. It was weakening as it made its closest approach to land, and the highest tides occurred during the neap tide, which is the time when tide ranges are minimal. [6] The worst of the storm effects stayed offshore.
This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones, including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths. There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history.
The 1991 Atlantic hurricane season was the first season since 1984 in which no hurricanes [nb 1] developed from tropical waves, which are the source for most North Atlantic tropical cyclones. [2] The hurricane season officially began on June 1, [ 3 ] and ended on November 30. [ 4 ]
While Matthew threatens the southern coast, history's most deadly storms have taken place outside the United States.
During 1991, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 100 systems formed with 75 of these developing further and were named by the responsible warning centre.
The 1991 outbreak occurred during a period of modernization for the National Weather Service and helped highlight the value of radar imagery for detecting tornadoes. In April 1991, the WSR-88D NEXRAD radar in Norman, Oklahoma, was the only radar of its kind with Doppler capabilities, and even then it had not been cleared for use in day-to-day ...
The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in recorded history. [1] It was also one of the most powerful cyclones in the Indian Ocean.Forming out of a large area of convection over the Bay of Bengal on April 24, the tropical cyclone initially developed gradually while meandering over the southern Bay of Bengal.
One person was killed in the state in relation to Bob, and damage from the storm was estimated at $8 million (1991 USD). [28] The community of Duck, North Carolina , received the highest recorded onshore sustained winds in the state, 62 mph (100 km/h), whereas the highest gusts reached 74 mph (119 km/h) at Cape Hatteras. [ 34 ]